Brooklyn, N.Y. – Both Saint Francis University Tennis teams squared off against LIU on Friday night. The women improved to 4-0 in NEC play and 8-5 on the season with a 4-3 win over LIU, while the men dropped their match to LIU 6-1.
Women's Results: Saint Francis 4, LIU 3. Â
DoublesÂ
The Sharks won the no. 1 and 3 doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the contest.
Diana Zuba and
Kally Kadzinski won the no. 2 doubles match 6-2. Zuba is now an even 14-14 on the season in doubles and Kadzinski improves to 16-10.
SinglesÂ
Saint Francis won the no. 1, 2, 3 and 5 singles matches to battle out a win against the team who ended their 2023-24 campaign in the NEC Semifinals.
Zuba and
Dasha Chichkina won the no. 1 and 3 matches respectively in straight sets. Zuba won 6-0, 6-3 and Chichkina won 6-0, 6-4. Zuba improves to 19-6 in singles on the season, while Chichkina moves to 17-6.
Kelly Dowuona fought to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win in the no. 2 singles match to take a 3-1 lead for Saint Francis. She is now 17-9 in singles on the year.
Kadzinski clinched the match for the Red Flash with her second win of the day in a 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, 7-5 result. Kadzinski is now 14-10 on the season in singles play.
Men's Results: Saint Francis 1, LIU 6. Â
DoublesÂ
The Sharks swept the doubles matches to earn the doubles point.
Matt Kozar and
Kevin Titus Suresh had their match in the no. 3 slot go unfinished. They were tied 4-4 with LIU when the match ended.
SinglesÂ
Tyler Nguyen grabbed a win in the no. 1 slot via a 6-2, 7-5 result. Nguyen earned his fifth singles win of the year.
Alan Gonzalez,
Mathis Tremblay, Titus Suresh,
Patrick Reese and Kozar competed in the 2-6 positions respectively.
Flash FactsÂ
Kadzinski reached 30 total wins on the 2024-25 season with her two wins vs. the Sharks.
Dowuona took another step towards the 100-win milestone with her singles win. The Brampton, Ontario native sits at 97 total wins in her career, just five away from breaking Alex Sach's record of 101.
Nguyen reached 60 career total wins with his singles win vs. LIU.
NextÂ
Both teams play Wagner on Saturday night to continue their NEC slate.
